A global traveling wave on Venus

Details A global traveling wave on Venus A global traveling wave on Venus

Sep 1993

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1993cuni.reptq....s&link_type=abstract

Final Report Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY. Center for Radiophysics and Space Research.

Physics

Atmospheric Circulation, Cloud Physics, Infrared Radiation, Momentum Transfer, Planetary Waves, Venus Atmosphere, Venus Clouds, Atmospheric Models, Galileo Project, Heating, Venus (Planet), Wind Velocity Measurement

Scientific paper

The dominant large-scale pattern in the clouds of Venus has been described as a 'Y' or 'Psi' and tentatively identified by earlier workers as a Kelvin wave. A detailed calculation of linear wave modes in the Venus atmosphere verifies this identification. Cloud feedback by infrared heating fluctuations is a plausible excitation mechanism. Modulation of the large-scale pattern by the wave is a possible explanation for the Y. Momentum transfer by the wave could contribute to sustaining the general circulation.

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